Big tree

One in Nasreddinabad, Tajikistan, is 35 m high and 14 m dbh (Vladimir Dinets e-mail 1998.01.10).

Oldest

Ages of some cultivated trees in the Beijing (China) area are said to exceed 1000 years (Silba 1996).

Dendrochronology

Ethnobotany

Observations

Remarks

"It is common tree of China, and some relic populations exist in Central Asia (it is often said that they are all along The Great Silk Road and aren't natural, but there are also some very old trees in remote mountain areas" (Vladimir Dinets e-mail 1998.01.10).

See also

The PROTA database account for this species (accessed 2015.02.01). PROTA accounts are focused on commercial forest uses in Africa, and typically include photographs, drawings, names, distribution, and a variety of information relevant to management of the species.